Section 49 – THE PATENTS ACT, 1970

Patent rights not infringed when used on foreign vessels etc., temporarily or accidentally in India

—(1) Where a vessel or aircraft registered in a foreign country or a land vehicle
owned by a person ordinarily resident in such country comes into India (including the
territorial waters thereof) temporarily or accidentally only, the rights conferred by a patent
for an invention shall not be deemed to be infringed by the use of the invention—
(a) in the body of the vessel or in the machinery, tackle, apparatus or other accessories
thereof, so far as the invention is used on board the vessel and for its actual needs
only; or
(b) in the construction or working of the aircraft or land vehicle or of the accessories
thereof,
as the case may be.
(2) This section shall not extend to vessels, aircrafts or land vehicles owned by persons
ordinarily resident in a foreign country the laws of which do not confer corresponding
rights with respect to the use of inventions in vessels, aircraft or land vehicles owned by
persons ordinarily resident in India while in the ports or within the territorial waters of that
foreign country or otherwise within the jurisdiction of its courts.

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